Elizabeth Catlett: career timeline
1915–2012 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 81 lots (64% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $8.2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1950s | 1 | 0 | — | Lithograph |
| 1960s | 8 | 7 | $3.8kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 8 | 8 | $1.8kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 6 | 4 | $12.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 13 | 9 | $3.8kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 13 | 12 | $2.5kSign up | Lithograph |
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1940s 3 works
1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 12 × 10 in (31 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1955 Cabeza IndingenaUnsold
1960s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $8kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 13.5 in (33 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Sculpture (3), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1961 Figure$12.5kSign up
1968 RebozosUnsold
1968 Black is Beautiful$2kSign up
c. 1968 Singing Head$16kSign up
c. 1968 Singing Head (Cabeza Cantando)$16.3kSign up
1968 Black is Beautiful$1.6kSign up
c. 1969 Malcolm X Speaks for Us$3.8kSign up
c. 1969 Negro Es Bello II$3.8kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 14 in (38 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (5), Woodcut / linocut (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1970 The Torture of Mothers$1.8kSign up
1972 Mother and Son$1.1kSign up
1973 Which Way?$1.8kSign up
c. 1975 There is a Woman in Every Color$2.5kSign up
c. 1975 Man$2.4kSign up
1975 Harriet.$1.6kSign up
1976 Lovely Twice$1.6kSign up
1979 Two Generations$2.9kSign up
1980s 6 works
1990s 13 works
- Sold
- 9 of 13
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $9.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 18.5 in (55 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (6), Sculpture (5), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1990 Dancing$6kSign up
1990 Three Woman of America$3.8kSign up
1992 For My PeopleUnsold
1992 For My People$10.2kSign up
1992 New Generation$3.8kSign up
1992 Playmates (from the For My People portfolio)$2kSign up
1992 To Marry (from the For My People portfolio)$2.8kSign up
1992 For My People$3kSign up
c. 1993 Standing Mother and Child$18.8kSign up
c. 1994 Legacy$35.1kSign up
c. 1994 LegacyUnsold
1998 EmbraceUnsold
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1998 EmbraceUnsold
2000s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 18 in (45 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (7), Woodcut / linocut (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- —
2000 The Door to Justice$2.5kSign up
2001 Crusaders for Justice$3.8kSign up
2001 Thurgood Marshall (Crusaders For Justice)$3.4kSign up
2003 Irena$1.9kSign up
2004 Young Douglass$2.5kSign up
2005 Gossip$2.6kSign up
2005 GossipResult not published
2005 Gossip$2.8kSign up
2005 Gossip$1.1kSign up
2005 Gossip$950Sign up
2008 Glory$2.8kSign up
2008 Keisha M.$2.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
29 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works
- Sold
- 3 of 13
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $8.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 22.5 in (41 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (7), Lithograph (3), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (7)
sold 2010 These Two Generations$2.5kSign up
sold 2011 Untitled (seated female figure)$22.5kSign up
sold 2015 - ''Cabeza''-Result not published
sold 2015 - ''Man''-Unsold
sold 2015 - ''Gossips''- photo-Unsold
sold 2015 - ''Man''-Unsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2015 The Dance$700Sign up
sold 2018 - ''Man''-Result not published
sold 2018 - ''Man''-Result not published
sold 2018 - ''Survivor''-Result not published
sold 2018 - ''Shoeshine Boy''-Result not published
sold 2018 - ''Pensive''-Result not published
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works
- Sold
- 6 of 16
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 11.5 in (36 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (12), Lithograph (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (12)
sold 2020 Shoe Shine BoyResult not published
sold 2020 - ''Man''-$850Sign up
sold 2020 My reward has been bars between me and the rest of the land$1kSign up
sold 2023 ManResult not published
sold 2023 ManResult not published
sold 2023 ManResult not published
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Gossips photoResult not published
sold 2023 ManResult not published
sold 2024 Man$2.1kSign up
sold 2024 ManResult not published
sold 2024 Negro es Bello II (Black is Beautiful II)$3.2kSign up
sold 2024 ManResult not published
…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Elizabeth Catlett auction results →